"The Bloomsbury Affair" is a mystery set in 1905 in London. It's the fifth book in a series, but you don't need to read the previous books to follow this one. However, the characters referred to events in the previous novels and spoiled the previous mysteries.

The characters were interesting and acted realistically. Historical details (like politics, technology, etc.) were woven into the story. The mystery was clue-based, and I realized whodunit before Flora did. Unfortunately, Flora's active investigation of the murder didn't significantly change the ending except by putting several people's lives in danger. The Detective uncovered one of the criminal pair by himself, and I suspect he would have discovered the other if Flora hadn't hidden critical evidence from him. I felt like Flora actually stood in the way of justice this time. And the murderer was not captured by the end. Basically, I found the mystery unsatisfying.

There were no sex scenes. There were only a couple uses of bad language.

I didn't realise that this book was one of a series - that I hadn't read before - so when I was reading it, I thought it had just begun in the middle of something and there were certain aspects of Flora's personal life that I found I couldn't grasp really well. I do understand that not having read the previous books, I am missing out on quite a bit. This didn't hinder the main plot of this story though, which was the murder in which Flora's dear Eddy was embroiled in. That part was definitely easy to keep up with and it was very interesting to read about.

I have been looking forward to reading this book since I put the last Flora and Bunny book down. Thankfully, this did not disappoint with the series moving on smoothly and absorbing me just as much, if not more. The writer makes London in the early 1900's really come to life as well as making our intrepid heroine and her very modern (for the times) husband every bit the couple we are rooting for.
It's the perfect time of year for a Flora Maguire, with the evenings drawing in darker and chillier, this is exactly the kind of book to snuggle up with and lose yourself in!

1905 was a tough place for women. There was disdain for any woman getting into the professions and the suffrage movement had started. Most men wanted women restricted to hearth and home.

Flora and Bunny were a different kind of couple.mfortunately. Flora was a modern young woman who had come out of a complicated family drama where she found her long lost family of both mother and father and lost the much loved only father she knew. Flora and Bunny have previously solved two murders both baffling to the police, but the Inspector in charge is wary of them and wha he calls amateur sleuthing.

Now the family is facing the scandal of their cousin the young, arrogant Viscount Trent being embroiled in a murder where he is the only suspect. Getting him out of this mess is Flora's work ably assisted by her husband. A seemingly innocuous young man found murdered in a railway carriage whilst the Viscount lay sleeping by him seems very difficult to believe. Unraveling the mystery was the story.

Set in a London which was picturesque and very interesting to read about, the writer takes us on a journey through both the rich and famous and how they live and their underlying arrogance and condescension to the political tensions simmering underneath at the unfairness of it all.

This was a very absorbing read.